Shall we take a closer look at the pothole repair in the photograph above? Yes, a crack team from Environment & Degeneration has filled up the pothole with loose bricks. Sadly, they ran out before the jigsaw was complete. (It's on Markhouse Road E17 between the junctions with Downsfield Road and Low Hall Lane if you happen to be passing that way with some spare aggregate.)

On the award winning Forest Road cycle facility the Council has thoughtfully placed a litter bin for the benefit of passing cyclists:

A few whingers might complain that a section of the award winning Orient Way route has half-vanished under slimy, slippery moss, in that section which involves two slopes which meet at a blind corner. I'm afraid some people are just never satisfied.